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Plant Centella asiatica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Gotu Kola; Pennywort
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MESOINOSITAL 0 Plant not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
METHANOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil not available 6000.0 -0.37 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRCENE 22 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
N-DODECANE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NEROLIDOL 11 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 12.0 112.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
NON-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OCT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYASIATICOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
P-CYMOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Leaf 6420.0 60000.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
PETAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 300.0 2800.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidistat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Cholesterolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 5 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *